James Horner
Sound
Born August 14, 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA
James Roy Horner (August 14, 1953–June 22, 2015) was an American film composer and conductor. He worked on more than 160 film and television productions between 1978 and 2015. He was known for the integration of choral and electronic elements alongside traditional orchestrations and for his use of motifs associated with Celtic music. Horner won two Academy Awards for his musical composition to James Cameron's Titanic (1997), which became the best-selling orchestral film soundtrack of all time. He also wrote the score for the highest-grossing film of all time, Cameron's Avatar (2009). Horner's other Oscar-nominated scores were for Aliens (1986), An American Tail (1986), Field of Dreams (1989), Apollo 13 (1995), Braveheart (1995), A Beautiful Mind (2001), and House of Sand and Fog (2003). Horner's other notable scores include Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Willow (1988), The Land Before Time (1988), Glory (1989), The Rocketeer (1991), Legends of the Fall (1994), Jumanji (1995), Casper (1995), Balto (1995), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Deep Impact (1998), The Perfect Storm (2000), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Troy (2004), The New World (2005), The Legend of Zorro (2005), Apocalypto (2006), The Karate Kid (2010), and The Amazing Spider-Man (2012).
Filmography
Stjepan Hauser plays Bach and Morricone @ Château de Neuschwanstein 2025
Willow: Behind the Magic
Willow
Avatar Flight of Passage
Hacksaw Ridge
The Magnificent Seven
The 33
Southpaw
Living in the Age of Airplanes
Wolf Totem
Uncovering Wolfen
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood in Vienna: The World of James Horner
Self
Reflections on Titanic
Self
The Amazing Spider-Man
Outlaws - For Greater Glory
Black Gold
Hollywood in Vienna
Self
The Karate Kid
Avatar: Creating the World of Pandora
Self
Avatar
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Alba Gu Brath! The Making of 'Braveheart'
Self
The Life Before Her Eyes
Apocalypto
All the King's Men
The New World
The Legend of Zorro
Flightplan
The Chumscrubber
The Forgotten
Troy
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
House of Sand and Fog
Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'
Self
The Missing
Radio
Beyond Borders
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
The Four Feathers
Windtalkers
A Beautiful Mind
Iris
Raptor
Unmasking Zorro
Self
Enemy at the Gates
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Maybe It's Better not to Win - Scoring Searching for Bobby Fischer
The Perfect Storm
Freedom Song
Bicentennial Man
Michelle Kwan Skates to Disney's Greatest Hits
Mighty Joe Young
The Mask of Zorro
Deep Impact
Titanic
The Devil's Own
Ransom
To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday
The Spitfire Grill
Courage Under Fire
Balto
Jumanji
Jade
Apollo 13
Casper
Braveheart
Legends of the Fall
The Pagemaster
Clear and Present Danger
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
The Pelican Brief
Bopha!
The Man Without a Face
Searching for Bobby Fischer
House of Cards
Once Upon a Forest
Jack the Bear
A Far Off Place
Swing Kids
Sneakers
Unlawful Entry
Patriot Games
Thunderheart
Fish Police
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
The Rocketeer
Class Action
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Once Around
Extreme Close-Up
Another 48 Hrs.
I Love You to Death
Glory
Dad
In Country
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Tummy Trouble
Tales from the Crypt
Field of Dreams
The Land Before Time
Cocoon: The Return
Young Guns
Vibes
Red Heat
Willow
Andy Colby’s Incredibly Awesome Adventure
*batteries not included
Project X
P.K. and the Kid
An American Tail
The Name of the Rose
Where the River Runs Black
Captain EO
Aliens
Off Beat
Ninja Terminator
Barbarian Queen
Commando
Amazing Stories
The Journey of Natty Gann
Volunteers
Cocoon
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Surviving
Heaven Help Us
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
The Stone Boy
Uncommon Valor
Gorky Park
The Dresser
Testament
Brainstorm
Between Friends
Krull
Space Raiders
Something Wicked This Way Comes
48 Hrs.
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Enterprise Crewman
Sorceress
Rascals and Robbers: The Secret Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn
A Piano for Mrs. Cimino
The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper
A Few Days at Weasel Creek
Deadly Blessing
Wolfen
The Hand
Angel Dusted
Battle Beyond the Stars
Humanoids from the Deep
The Lady in Red
Up from the Depths